15 August 2012

Debt Utilisation Status as on 15 August 2012
S.No Type of Instrument Upper Cap (in USD bn) Limit (in INR Cr.) Limit acquired by the entity (including investment in INR Cr.) Investment (in INR Cr.) Limit available with the entity (in INR Cr.) Free Limit (in INR Cr.) as on 15 August 2012
1 Government Debt - Old 10 46,216 43,319 42,768 551 2,897
2 Government Debt - Long Term 10 51,291 39,927 20,574 19,353 11,364
3(a) Corporate Debt - Old 20 99,777 94,411 79,165 10,165 5,366
3(b) Debt Oriented Mutual Fund 5,081
4(a) QFI Investment in debt mutual fund schemes which invest in infra 3 13,451 - - - 13,451
4(b) Corporate Debt long term infra - 1 year lock in with 15 month residual maturity 12 53,806 44,884 15,312 29,572 8,921
4(c) Investment in IDF 10 44,838 - - - 44,838
5 Upper tier- II 0.5 2,307 - - - 2,307

Note: *Auction of INR 2,275 cr in Government debt old category, INR 8,990 cr. in Government debt long term category and INR 4,591 cr. In Corporate debt old category and INR 8,921 crore in corporate debt long term infra category (with one year lock in and 15 months residual maturity) shall be done on the BSE from 15:30 hrs to 17:30 hrs, on 21 August 2012 as per SEBI circular no. CIR/IMD/FIIC/12/2012 dated 27 April 2012.

While the government announces the limits on debt investments to FIIs in USD terms, for allocation and monitoring purposes, these limits are converted into INR terms using the RBI reference rate as on the date of the announcements/effective dates.